The Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-07-30, Page 124Aur+GOAERIPH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, AY' "4970
BY HELEN ALLEN
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'This baby's foster family call him Smiley. One look wilt
tell you why. He is a big. sturdy boy, tall for his one year,
English. and Dutch in background. His eyes are dark blue
Ann Landers
Chosen chi1' loved
Dear Ann Landers: Will you
please print my answer to the
young, woman, who placed her
child for adoption? She
addressed her remarks ro "My
Child's Mother. She signed her
letter, -`4No City, No State, No
Initials."
Dear Mother: You'll 'never
know how Much we appreciated -
your deeply moving letter to
Ann Landers. . Every word ''you
wrote came., straight from the
heart -- and -we feltcertain yeu
Were writing to' us. Now that I•,
am a mother (thanks to you) I
realize how difficult it must have
been to give up your child. But
you did the •right' thing, and I
hope you never have a moment
of regret.
Your little girl has a happy
home with parents who adore
her. You_ are in our thoughts
often — especially on those
festive- days her birthday,
°.Christnmas and Easter. We say to
one, another -: "That very
special woman is close _ to us this
moment. She is thinking of us."
Today our little darling (the
"our" includes you) is a
beautiful, healthy, alert child,
and we have you to thank for
these precious gifts.
Tonight when we tuck our
sweet'angel into bed we will give
her an extra kiss — aswou asked.
Again, we thank you from the
bottom of our hearts and hope
God will blessou and your new
home. And, .oh yes, we cut out
the letter you wrote to Ann
-. ...-thtck0Jf hes a b�aish-cut hair „is .aade s ani rine day we will
{w�t�..,�redr:Iity, .lazt�,
sudden we dedided to take a these days? Why would anyone
walk in the woods. want to. walk in the woods at
Betty's mother met us at the night? What could you see?
door when I brought her home. You didn't say what. time you
She was completely unglued and brouFlit Betty home. And what
made a big deal out of it•1 We did she look like when her
didn't do anything but t but. mother greeted her 'at the door?
her„ mother seems to think I suspect this is where she ran
otherwise. Now I have orders into trouble. Mothers rarely
not„ to see Betty anymore. Her become "completely• unglued”
mother has even said "DAP to for no reason.
phone conversations.. Betty is Sometimes the facts left out
like in jail. How- can` -I break of a ` letter-- `toll - more_than han the
tbroug_h ° the Sound barrier?' It ones reported. It would be peal
would be real neat if youcoetld "' neat if you'd" answer some of my
help. '---Danbury, Conn. questions, Then maybe .I could
Dear Dan: There are so many help you.
holes in your story I don't know
where to begin, How 'Old are
you"Teen-ager" can mean 13 •---
or 19,
You mention a walk in the Get one for your liquor cabinet
woods' on a Saturday night. Is and stop measuring
this what teen-agers do on dates' counting.
HEALTH & SAFETY-------- -
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Confidential to Dry Gulch:,
Have you ever heard of a lock?
Tiedoor.is always open
By Bill Smiley. 7
Kim ward() summer area, with beaches,
clean air, a big, shady lot, and a
built-in cook their mom, They
still think of it as home. ,
Clean sheets; real meat in-
stead of rice and macaroni,
showers galore, a doting mother ,
to pick up after them, and a real
;nark of a father, . who' is alw,gys
good for a small "loan". What
more•could they want? ,
And I must admit, a ainst ry '
will, that we're pretty ad to see
the red -head with the .i brown
eyes, or the young man With the
trim beard, and hear, Hi, Mom.
Hi, lead." _ ° .
`The Argyle •Syndicate
The idea is that
This is going to be one of the the laundry. But she's working •
most difficult columns.I've ever at a job where she must be up at
a,m. to be at work by 7. So when
Written. Don't worry, there she's home for , day, she sleeps
hasn't been a death in the family until•about 3 p.m. And Momma,
or anything like that, although I knowing she's a sucker, does the
did offer my wife a divorce on laundry, muttering steadily.
Sunday morning and it was a There is. a point at which you
solid deal for five "minutes. No,' .. think ' you can see your' kids
this is purely physical, looking after, themselves.
When )iou' play with fire; be out of your ,
you're likely to get burnt.' Z did They're going, d
� hair, independent. No more,
and 1. was. Trouble is, its the handouts. No more paying..sof
two -typing fingers on my right ....bills. No more looking after their
hand. Each has a blister the size documents and the countless
of a dime, and a ' quarter -inch, ori °s to'be filled out. But that
deep, right on the tip. So I'm. -point recedes steadily into the
°trying , to, type this with my distance as you plod steadily
knuckles, and it's heavy weather.
Not that I'm merely a one -.w toward it.
' handed typist. t use my left I was warned about this by a Whenever you can think of it,
hand with incredible dexterity, friend, some years agci..He had pull in your stomach, tighten
forefinger for hitting keys, three grown sons, all doing well, your shoulders • and back
all nharried, all with children. I muscles. It's good for you and
congratulated him on his fine 'll I k better too says the
were on their own. He laughed department.
bitterly. '
ain for Moiher$
by Carol Hart
and
Family ,Health and Safety -Concern of Brides
Certainly a new bride and bridegroom should select as soon as
possible a family doctor who can become familiar with their medical
history and keep -tabs on their 1
growing family.
Keep your physician's phone
number on the telephone together
with -any others you need. in an
emergency — your pharmacist,
your fire and police departments,
and your local hospital. ,
The Council on Family Health,
a non-profit organization spon-
sored.as a public service by lead-
• ing members 'of the drug indus-
try to promote home safety and
„ � ... >� 311 eY Sil - – „� famzty" ti atth, tsuggesU's',tha'#t:.' ,
- dark brewn ander n -e as'"fa`►1r kin'. -show it to our chug r '
"Smiley". had some minor illnesses when he was very , love you for it, as we(. do. '-
young, which held up plans for his adoption. The problems ---Also No City, No State, No
now are all' cleared up and he is a healthy, happy, relaxed , Initials, ,
child -with- a winning disposition. He likes',people, especially - Dear. Also: I was swamped
children and is not- a bit shy. with letters from adoptive--
. .
He
doptive-
He needs parents who will enjoy a merry, active, . parents who°expressed'"'similar' '"°•
• lovable little°sen. • -abevr adnp ng—SmiI.ey" please -----sentiments. ,Hanr..hear�wanning
write to' Today's' Child, Department of Social and Family, to know there are so many loved
Services, Paeliament -Buildings, ' Toronto 182. For general and wanted children in the
adoption information ask our Children's :kid Society. , world! Thanks for writing: --
• �° Dear Ann' Landers: I am a
Richardson & Sone Lid
James
`Serving The Feed Dealers of Western Ontario
PHONE 524-8388, G'ODERICH.
teen-ager who' likes this girl. I
will call her Betty. Betty and I
did a lot of talking.on_ the phone
but we never went out together
until Saturday night. We ' were
talking on the phone and all of a
new bride establish good safety
habits .on .the storage, care and
use of medicines.
Following. are some safety
rules for every homemaker:
1. Plan the contents of your
-medicine chest. Keep medicines
and toiletries in separate cabi-
°--nets– vrx 4f m�lc °P
one cabinet, store medicines on
the upper shelves and toiletries
on lower shelves.
2. Divide the medicine section
into two parts — one for medi-
cines•that are to be taken intern-
ally, and the other for those
medicines that are applied ex-
ternally.
3: Take inventory of the con-
tents of the cabinet at least once
every six months. Discard medi-
cines with damaged or unread -
CFHC
-iabe'is1413 3t Tiled-med
cines down the drain. If You have
any doubt about discarding a
medicine, consult your physician.
4. Just as .the manufacturer,
physician and pharmacist have
their responsibility in–respect to
medicines, the use of medicinal
preparations involves responsi-
bility on the part of the user.
One important thing to remem-
ber: Read the label at least three
times when taking or giving med- ' chalk.
icines to your family.
thumb for hitting the space -bar.
Well, soon after burning the
right-hand fingers, I tripped over
a rock, shoved out my left hand
to save myself, and sprained my
thumb. It looks like a puff -adder
*With- a toothache and feels
similar.
However, when I think of my
neighbor, my troubles, while
painful, are trivial. On the eve of
his summer holidays, he racked
up some discs in his neck. He is
in hospital, in great pain, and in
a huge neck -collar.
My -wife has, a pain too, and
it's also in her neck. She's sick of
running ^ a motel, of changing •
beds for transient visitors, of
doing great loads of laundry.
Kim will arrive• home with big
green garbage bags so stuffed
with laundry that they look like
pregnant whales Hugh does the
. same. And they. ur arra y ring-.
friends.
The whole' mob has the same
characteristic. They tromp
around in their bare feet. They
family and the fact that they
you. o
federal health de artme
"They're on their own," he `,n�;key Say.a
snorted, "when tIThx'ye- all bet -
rowed enough from you for a
down payment on a house, at
two per cent interest. And even
then unless they're in Zanzibar,
they're home every second
weekend, expecting to be wined
and dined and baby-sat."
And he was dead right. The
only solution I can see is for
parents of grown-up "children"
to sell the family home, with its
three or four bedrooms, and
move into a one bedroom
apartment, preferably in some
place as handy to get at as
Aklavik.
I don't blame the kids much.
Our two are both working in the
�. bi b hot;:stinky—eity at -fairly menial
go to .the beach, track to about a
pound of, sand . per. foot. YOU
almost need a .shovel a-nd-a
te...sand as when you're -changing
the -sheets. I tell my wife she's
crazy, that they probably never
get to sleep' on clean sheets
except at home. One can infer
that from the state of the
laundry. But she's of the old
school, which believes that even
bums should have clean sheets.
My ' advice to her has all the
effect ° of writing, -on water with
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